The Last Coyote

How it reads

The Last Coyote is mystery (police procedural, specifically), and its dominant mood is melancholy. It's quietly sad, wistful and reflective. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.

It's set in a big city setting, in the recent past, told in the third person, staying close to one character. Its central concerns are justice, redemption and loss and grief. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It's a later book in a series — you'll usually want to start earlier. The ending is bittersweet: it resolves, but at a price. It's well known, the kind of book most keen readers have heard of.